Jeff Corbin
@jeffcorbin.bsky.social
Plant ecologist at Union College. I study habitat restoration and species invasions. Sounds fascinating, I know! https://jeffcorbin.org/
Super fun day sampling leaves of red maple trees in Schenectady, NY for my student’s @unioncollege.bsky.social thesis about genetic diversity of urban trees.
September 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Super fun day sampling leaves of red maple trees in Schenectady, NY for my student’s @unioncollege.bsky.social thesis about genetic diversity of urban trees.
My dog is a pretty effective seed disperser today!
June 9, 2025 at 2:52 PM
My dog is a pretty effective seed disperser today!
No surprise, lots of non-native spp. in CA, forests of GreatLakes, the SE coast, and NE forests. But there were some gaps, too - Great Plains have highest "observation deficit" of abundant non-native spp.
April 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
No surprise, lots of non-native spp. in CA, forests of GreatLakes, the SE coast, and NE forests. But there were some gaps, too - Great Plains have highest "observation deficit" of abundant non-native spp.
It flips the "dimensions of rarity" on its head, to consider "dimensions of commonness": range size, habitat specificity, and local pop. size.
Lots of spp. met at least one category; many all 3!
Lots of spp. met at least one category; many all 3!
April 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It flips the "dimensions of rarity" on its head, to consider "dimensions of commonness": range size, habitat specificity, and local pop. size.
Lots of spp. met at least one category; many all 3!
Lots of spp. met at least one category; many all 3!
New paper from Bethany Bradley (and many others incl. me): "A quantitative classification of the geography of non-native flora in the US."
Besides maps of abundance, it also ID's high-risk species and ecoregions.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Bioinvasions 🧪🌎
Besides maps of abundance, it also ID's high-risk species and ecoregions.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Bioinvasions 🧪🌎
April 23, 2025 at 6:15 PM
New paper from Bethany Bradley (and many others incl. me): "A quantitative classification of the geography of non-native flora in the US."
Besides maps of abundance, it also ID's high-risk species and ecoregions.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Bioinvasions 🧪🌎
Besides maps of abundance, it also ID's high-risk species and ecoregions.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#Bioinvasions 🧪🌎
Four @unioncollege.bsky.social students presented their research at the conference for the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social. What a great time!
April 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Four @unioncollege.bsky.social students presented their research at the conference for the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social. What a great time!
Day 1 with our new pup! Started the drive from CA to NY. So far, so good!
March 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Day 1 with our new pup! Started the drive from CA to NY. So far, so good!
I'll close with this amazing music/dance performance at the closing fiesta. I'm sorry, I didn't get the name of the artists, but they were amazing!
March 16, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I'll close with this amazing music/dance performance at the closing fiesta. I'm sorry, I didn't get the name of the artists, but they were amazing!
Day 7 in Havana, my last one. The XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Botanica wrapped up with a final day of great talks and a party at the Havana Botanical Garden. What a wonderful week! Really inspiring to see the work going on to document and appreciate the amazing biodiversity in this region.
March 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Day 7 in Havana, my last one. The XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Botanica wrapped up with a final day of great talks and a party at the Havana Botanical Garden. What a wonderful week! Really inspiring to see the work going on to document and appreciate the amazing biodiversity in this region.
Day 6 in Havana, and besides taking in the Congreso Latinoamerico de Botánica, we also visited the amazing Fábrica de Arte Cubana. It is a former sugar factory, transformed into a multimedia art space. Paintings, photo, design, music...Wonderful!
March 14, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Day 6 in Havana, and besides taking in the Congreso Latinoamerico de Botánica, we also visited the amazing Fábrica de Arte Cubana. It is a former sugar factory, transformed into a multimedia art space. Paintings, photo, design, music...Wonderful!
Day 5 in Havana, took in talks in the morning, then went to a fantastic public local artistic wonder, Fusterlandia. It is like a cross between Gaudí and Dr. Seuss with a little bit of Picasso thrown in. We met the artist too!
March 13, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Day 5 in Havana, took in talks in the morning, then went to a fantastic public local artistic wonder, Fusterlandia. It is like a cross between Gaudí and Dr. Seuss with a little bit of Picasso thrown in. We met the artist too!
I personally spoke of combining local lists of priority species in the Caribbean to make a regional list. We have identified potential future threats for various locales. As an aside, this was my first talk ever in Spanish!
March 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I personally spoke of combining local lists of priority species in the Caribbean to make a regional list. We have identified potential future threats for various locales. As an aside, this was my first talk ever in Spanish!
Day 4 in Havana, and this was our #bioinvasions symposium day! A great turnout with a very diverse audience from many countries and systems. Invasions in high mts., new checklists for regions or countries, the ecophys. of some impactful invaders, etc!
March 12, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Day 4 in Havana, and this was our #bioinvasions symposium day! A great turnout with a very diverse audience from many countries and systems. Invasions in high mts., new checklists for regions or countries, the ecophys. of some impactful invaders, etc!
Very excited as today is our Symposium about #Bioinvasions in Latin America!
March 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Very excited as today is our Symposium about #Bioinvasions in Latin America!
Day 3 in Havana, the Latin American Botanical Congress started today! Lots of great science. Opening dinner too at the National Botanical Garden. That was quite a party! 🌱🧪
March 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Day 3 in Havana, the Latin American Botanical Congress started today! Lots of great science. Opening dinner too at the National Botanical Garden. That was quite a party! 🌱🧪
One more thing about Ramona - she has a genus named after her! Ramonadoxa cubensis.
March 10, 2025 at 11:54 AM
One more thing about Ramona - she has a genus named after her! Ramonadoxa cubensis.
Also, for @jrieffel.bsky.com, we had some vino de miel!
March 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Also, for @jrieffel.bsky.com, we had some vino de miel!
Day 2 in Havana. I had the pleasure to meet (in person) Cuban botanist Ramona Oviedo Prieto. We published a paper together a few years ago, but only now met in person!
March 10, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Day 2 in Havana. I had the pleasure to meet (in person) Cuban botanist Ramona Oviedo Prieto. We published a paper together a few years ago, but only now met in person!
Day 1 in Havana, Cuba! I am here for the Latin American Botanical Congress. More on that later. Today I visited Old Havana.
March 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Day 1 in Havana, Cuba! I am here for the Latin American Botanical Congress. More on that later. Today I visited Old Havana.
Where will I be in two weeks? ¡La Habana, Cuba! Really excited to be co-organizing this symposium about invasive species at the Congreso Latinoamerica de Botanica with @harrisia.bsky.social (and others).
February 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Where will I be in two weeks? ¡La Habana, Cuba! Really excited to be co-organizing this symposium about invasive species at the Congreso Latinoamerica de Botanica with @harrisia.bsky.social (and others).
I think Duolingo is spying on me…
February 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I think Duolingo is spying on me…
To sum up, exotic species can exert legacies that influence the pathways of restoration even long after their removal. Efforts to restore ecosystems are served by considering their effects early on to manage their influences.
February 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
To sum up, exotic species can exert legacies that influence the pathways of restoration even long after their removal. Efforts to restore ecosystems are served by considering their effects early on to manage their influences.
Tree removal areas are missing woody shrubs like blueberry and oaks that are characteristic of these barrens. But there was also a lot of progress - ecosystem structure has largely recovered, and the population of rare and threatened species like the #KarnerBlue butterfly are healthier.
February 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Tree removal areas are missing woody shrubs like blueberry and oaks that are characteristic of these barrens. But there was also a lot of progress - ecosystem structure has largely recovered, and the population of rare and threatened species like the #KarnerBlue butterfly are healthier.
This study took place at the lovely Albany Pine Bush Preserve, a globally rare pitch pine scrub oak barren. Fire suppression led to the invasion of the N-fixing black locust trees. Since 1999, staff have been removing the trees to return conditions to the open canopies that support diverse wildlife
February 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This study took place at the lovely Albany Pine Bush Preserve, a globally rare pitch pine scrub oak barren. Fire suppression led to the invasion of the N-fixing black locust trees. Since 1999, staff have been removing the trees to return conditions to the open canopies that support diverse wildlife